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- [hit stressed th ee roof, roo f]
- /hɪt stressed ði ruf, rʊf/
- /hɪt ðə ruːf/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hit stressed th ee roof, roo f]
- /hɪt stressed ði ruf, rʊf/
Definitions of hit the roof words
- noun plural hit the roof the external upper covering of a house or other building. 1
- noun plural hit the roof a frame for supporting this: an open-timbered roof. 1
- noun plural hit the roof the highest part or summit: The Himalayas are the roof of the world. 1
- noun plural hit the roof something that in form or position resembles the roof of a house, as the top of a car, the upper part of the mouth, etc. 1
- noun plural hit the roof a house. 1
- noun plural hit the roof Mining. the rock immediately above a horizontal mineral deposit. 1
Information block about the term
Origin of hit the roof
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English (noun); Old English hrōf; cognate with Dutch roef cover, cabin, Old Norse hrōf
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Parts of speech for Hit the roof
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hit the roof popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hit the roof usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hit the roof
verb hit the roof
- rage — angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination): a speech full of rage; incidents of road rage.
- rave — to talk wildly, as in delirium.
- go off the deep end — final or ultimate: the end result.
- flip out — to toss or put in motion with a sudden impulse, as with a snap of a finger and thumb, especially so as to cause to turn over in the air: to flip a coin.
- wig out — an artificial covering of hair for all or most of the head, of either synthetic or natural hair, worn to be stylish or more attractive.
Antonyms for hit the roof
verb hit the roof
- shrivel — shrink, dry up
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- deflate — If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important.
- let out — (of fur) processed by cutting parallel diagonal slashes into the pelt and sewing the slashed edges together to lengthen the pelt and to improve the appearance of the fur.
- shrink — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
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